Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train,
'Til Stoneman's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again.
In the winter of '65, We were hungry, just barely alive.
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it's a time I remember, oh so well,

[Chorus:]

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the bells were ringing,
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the people were singin'. They went
La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La,

Back with my wife in Tennessee, When one day she said to me,
"Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E. Lee!"
Now I don't mind'em choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good.
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest,
But they should never have taken the very best.

[Chorus:]

Like my father before me, I'm a workin' man,
Like my brother above me, I took a rebel stand.
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, But a Yankee laid him in his grave,
I swear by the mud below my feet,
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat.

(Chorus and fade)

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Virgil caine is my name, and I served on the danville train, 'till stonewall's cavalry came and tore up the tracks again, in the winter of '65, we were hungry, we were barely alive, by may tenth, richmond fell, it was a night, I remember oh so well back with my wife in tennessee, when she said to me, "virgil, quick, come see. There goes robert e. Lee! " now I don't mind'em choppin' wood, and I don't mind if the money's no good, take what ya need and leave the rest, but they should never have taken the very best like.

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UnregisteredNov 26, 2011 at 8:40 pm

But I was just saying its a rich song. It has an eye witness. It has may 10th 1865 stonewall jackson the danville train choppin' wood secrecy mud below my feet at has a noise they made "naw" it has that the sclc and the reactive mind where yelling no and shaking and pushing and he kept going into his own young house, which he could have remembered like snow white.

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